Shloka 13
हनिष्यसि रणे भीष्म॑ पुरुषत्वं च लप्स्यसे । स्मरिष्यसि च तत् सर्व देहमन्यं गता सती,तू रणक्षेत्रमें भीष्मको अवश्य मारेगी और इसके लिये आवश्यकतानुसार पुरुषत्व भी प्राप्त कर लेगी। दूसरे शरीरमें जानेपर तुझे इन सब बातोंका स्मरण भी बना रहेगा
haniṣyasi raṇe bhīṣmaṁ puruṣatvaṁ ca lapsyase | smariṣyasi ca tat sarvaṁ deham anyaṁ gatā satī ||
Bhīṣma said: “In battle you will indeed slay Bhīṣma, and, as the situation requires, you will also obtain manhood. Even after departing to another body, you will retain the memory of all these events.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse underscores the force of destiny and vows within kṣatriya ethics: a foretold act in war will occur, and even extraordinary means (such as acquiring manhood) may be sanctioned by circumstance; it also affirms continuity of consciousness through rebirth via retained memory.
Bhīṣma addresses the one destined to be his slayer (contextually Śikhaṇḍin/Śikhaṇḍinī), declaring that in the coming battle Bhīṣma will be killed and that the slayer will gain manhood as needed, while remembering these events even after taking another body.